Flu, Flu Vaccines, and Why We Need to Do Better
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Flu, Flu Vaccines, and Why We Need to Do Better
Influenza (or flu) is a huge global problem, one billion people—1/7th of the world’s population get infected with it each year. The virus does not only infect people it also infects many different animals including chickens and pigs and can have devastating effects on farms where these animals are raised. Our body has evolved ways (called the immune response) to kill the influenza virus if we a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers for Young Minds
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2296-6846
DOI: 10.3389/frym.2017.00007